Brough, Cumbria

Brough
Brough Castle from the south east
Brough is located in the former Eden District
Brough
Brough
Location in the former Eden district
Brough is located in Cumbria
Brough
Brough
Location within Cumbria
Population751 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY794145
Civil parish
  • Brough
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code017683
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Cumbria
54°31′32″N 2°19′08″W / 54.52561°N 2.31875°W / 54.52561; -2.31875

Brough (/brʌf/), sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Westmorland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore. The village is on the A66 trans-Pennine road, and the Swindale Beck, and is about 8 miles (13 km) south east of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Brough is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north east of Kirkby Stephen and 28 miles (45 km) north east of Kendal on the A685.

At the 2001 census it had a population of 680,[1] increasing to 751 at the 2011 Census.[2]

  1. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Brough Parish (16UF009)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Brough Parish (E04002518)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.